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Why We’ve Been Teaching Personality Incorrectly All These Years – and How to Fix It

How can educators teach personality most effectively? In this webinar featuring Dr. Robert Bornstein, author of Elements of Personality: Discovering Connections, we explore ways to enhance students’ understanding of themselves, other people, and the field of personality. Dr. Bornstein discusses the limitations of traditional teaching methods in personality psychology and offer practical strategies to foster deeper understanding among students.

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Pushing the Boundaries of Critical Thinking: What’s Next in the Era of Generative AI?

ChatGPT and other generative AI technologies are rapidly changing the landscape of higher education and challenging our critical thinking skills on a regular basis. In this webinar, a panel of experts on Critical Thinking touch on how to use these tools to our advantage to encourage critical thinking skills. Our panel also discusses what implications generative AI has on the future of the discipline of Psychology and the higher education landscape.

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Study Like a Champ: Teaching Strategies for Today's First-Year Students?

First Year Writing in APA Style: Perspectives from Across Campus and Beyond

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Do your institution's first-year students need support in using APA Style for scholarly writing? This webinar will give you strategies to help your students new to APA Style understand how to become clear, concise, and inclusive writers. This session is a panel discussion on how faculty, staff, and administrators can support first-year students in scholarly writing, featuring Dr. Ramon Daines of National University, Dr. Fadia Braktia of Sam Houston State University, and Chelsea Lee and Samantha Denneny of the APA Style team.

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How can educators support students through the challenges they commonly face in the first year of college? Authors of Study Like a Champ, Dr. Regan Gurung and Dr. John Dunlosky discuss how instructors can help foster good study skills and other beneficial habits for today's first-year college students. Our panelists will discuss how educators and administrators can provide new college students with the tools they need to succeed and thrive in higher education. Topics covered will include academic achievement, mental and physical health, creating connections with faculty, and debunking popular study myths.

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Study Like a Champ: Teaching Strategies for Today's First-Year Students

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Study Like a Champ: Teaching Strategies for Today's First-Year Students?

How can educators help their students develop better problem-solving skills? Authors of the award-winning Solving Modern Problems with a Stone-Age Brain, Dr. Douglas Kenrick and David Lundberg-Kenrick discuss the problem-solving dilemmas students encounter in college and how educators can provide opportunities to practice solid problem-solving techniques. Topics covered will include the seven basic problems of existence, how students experience these problems in higher education, and what educators can do to improve student problem-solving skills.

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Solving Modern Problems with a Stone-Age Brain: How to Survive and Thrive in Higher Education

Study Like a Champ: Teaching Strategies for Today's First-Year Students?

What does science tell us about student motivation in higher education? Many unscientific and inaccurate ideas about motivation persist because they seem so logical, simple, or appealing. This webinar will challenge common myths about motivation and offer college educators strategies for successfully motivating themselves, their students, and their peers. Attendees will learn to identify and debunk some persistent myths about motivation and replace those myths with accurate knowledge that will help them take positive steps toward their goals. 

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Motivation Myth Busters: Cracking the Code to Motivating First-Year Students

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Study Like a Champ: Teaching Strategies for Today's First-Year Students?

Many students struggle to find the most efficient ways to study, and even those familiar with evidence-based techniques often find it challenging to apply them consistently. In today’s digital age, distractions are plentiful, with technological gadgets and apps vying for attention and disrupting even the best intentions. Join us for an enlightening webinar with Dr. Regan Gurung, co-author of Study Like a Champ, where we will delve into how educators can support effective studying in first-year students and beyond. This webinar will address these challenges head-on, offering practical solutions for educators to keep their students focused.  


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Study Like a Champ: Fostering Optimal Study Strategies in a World of Technological Distractions

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Study Like a Champ: Teaching Strategies for Today's First-Year Students?

In this webinar, the APA Style team will focus on practical ways to scaffold the writing process to encourage critical thinking about science. We will address topics including: selecting sources, incorporating sources that cite other sources into your work, creating annotated bibliographies, framing discussions on inclusive language, developing awareness of APA Style journal article reporting standards as a way to evaluate the sources themselves, and what to do when you have questions or get stuck.

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Process Over Product: Setting Students Up for Success in Writing APA Style Papers

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Study Like a Champ: Teaching Strategies for Today's First-Year Students?

Join us for an engaging webinar with the author team of the upcoming sixth edition of Helping Skills, featuring Clara Hill’s extensive clinical and classroom experience synthesized with fresh insights from coauthors Harold Chui and Judy Gerstenblith. This session is tailored for instructors seeking to enhance their teaching methods for students entering the helping professions. In this webinar, we will explore the latest updates to the sixth edition as well as actionable strategies for instructors using Clara Hill's helping skills model.


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Helping Skills: Combining Exploration, Insight, and Action to Teach the Helping Professions

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APA Style and Nursing Education: How to Support Evidence-Based Practice and Writing Skills with APA Style

Do your nursing students understand the connection between APA Style and their future as nurses? APA Style can support evidence-based practice and help your students write with clarity, precision, and inclusion. Join APA Style experts and nursing education expert Justine Bailey for a webinar that will provide practical guidance on integrating APA Style into your nursing curriculum. We will share assignment ideas and best practices and answer your questions on APA Style and nursing education. 


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Study Like a Champ: Teaching Strategies for Today's First-Year Students?

Join Dr. Jen Katz-Buonincontro, author of How To Mix Methods, for a webinar on teaching mixed methods research to undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Katz-Buonincontro will share practical strategies for integrating qualitative and quantitative methods in a meaningful way, while avoiding common research pitfalls. Learn how to guide your students in distinguishing between core mixed methods designs and selecting the best approach for their research. This session is ideal for educators in the social sciences looking to enhance their research methods curriculum. 


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How to Mix Methods: Teaching Mixed Methods Research With Confidence

How to Mix Methods: Teaching Mixed Methods Research With Confidence

Study Like a Champ: Teaching Strategies for Today's First-Year Students?

Join MacKenzie Stuart, MA, LMFT, and Dr. Tony Rousmaniere for a webinar on incorporating deliberate practice into your counseling curriculum. This session will demonstrate how experiential education and deliberate practice exercises can help students and trainees rehearse clinical skills, develop basic competence, and refine their personal therapeutic style. Designed for educators in counseling and clinical training programs, this webinar offers practical strategies to enhance skill development and improve student outcomes. 

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Deliberate Practice: Implementing Experiential Education in Your Counseling Curriculum

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Study Like a Champ: Teaching Strategies for Today's First-Year Students?

Clinical supervision is a cornerstone of effective psychology education, yet it is often underemphasized in training programs. This webinar explores the pivotal role of supervision in shaping competent, ethical, and culturally responsive clinicians. Featuring Clinical Superivsion authors Dr. Carol Falender and Dr. Edward Shafranske, this session highlights evidence-based models, best practices, and innovative strategies in clinical supervision. Participants will gain insights into enhancing their supervision practices, addressing common challenges, and fostering the professional development of clinical psychology trainees. Tailored for educators and supervisors, this webinar emphasizes how intentional, research-informed supervision can bridge the gap between education, research, and applied practice, ultimately enriching the field of clinical psychology.

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Clinical Supervision: The Missing Ingredient in Psychology Education

Clinical Supervision: The Missing Ingredient in Psychology Education

Study Like a Champ: Teaching Strategies for Today's First-Year Students?

Explore how Essentials of Conditioning and Learning serves as an accessible and affordable resource for teaching foundational concepts in behavior and learning. This webinar will highlight why this topic is critical, recent advancements in the field, and effective strategies for addressing students' challenges with scientific thinking. Discover practical ways to make evidence-based concepts approachable, relatable to everyday life, and easier to understand, including the universal principles of conditioning that apply to both humans and animals. Join us to learn how to inspire curiosity and engagement while helping students overcome misconceptions about learning and behavior. 

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Essentials of Conditioning and Learning: Using Everyday Experiences to Teach Complex Topics

Essentials of Conditioning and Learning: Using Everyday Experiences to Teach Complex Topics

Study Like a Champ: Teaching Strategies for Today's First-Year Students?

This one-hour webinar is designed for instructors, librarians, and writing center staff who support students in developing their research and writing skills using APA Style. Join a panel of APA Style experts and Dr. Melony Shemberger of Murray State University, to discuss how teaching APA Style principles can not only enhance students' technical writing abilities but also strengthen their information literacy and critical thinking skills, which are crucial for identifying and combating misinformation. 

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Using APA Style to Improve Information Literacy and Combat Misinformation in the Classroom  

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Study Like a Champ: Teaching Strategies for Today's First-Year Students?

Join us for a webinar designed for educators and administrators looking to navigate the evolving role of AI in education. Our panelists will share insights on fostering critical thinking, enhancing student engagement, and maintaining academic integrity while using AI tools. As this emerging technology continues to grow in popularity, we’ll discuss practical strategies for integrating AI into college instruction in meaningful and ethical ways. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from experts and gain actionable approaches for leveraging AI in education. 

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Leaning in to Teaching with Artificial Intelligence: Strategies for Engaging Learnings

Tuesday, April 29th @ 2 p.m. ET

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